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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| feuding | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| litigating | /xxx | Verb | 
| litigate | /xx | Verb | 
| child support | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun | 
| dispute | x/ | Noun | 
| contention | x/x | Noun | 
| divorce | x/ | Noun | 
| quarrelling | /xx | Verb | 
| parenting | /xx | Noun | 
| litigants | /xx | Noun | 
| courtroom | /x | Noun | 
| domestic violence | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| in dispute | xx/ | Phrase | 
| contested | x/x | Adjective | 
| arguing | /xx | Verb | 
| lawsuit | /x | Noun | 
| legal action | /x/x | Name, Name | 
| disagreements | xx/x | Noun | 
| guardianship | /xxx | Noun | 
| squabbling | /xx | Noun | 
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| legal separation | /xxx/x | Name, Name | 
| battling | /xx | Verb | 
| infighting | /xx | Noun | 
| interpleader | xx/x | Noun | 
| civil action | /x/x | Name, Name | 
| contentious | x/x | Adjective | 
| arbitration | xx/x | Noun | 
| separation | xx/x | Noun | 
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| court order | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| community property | x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| paternity | x/xx | Noun | 
| injunction | x/x | Noun | 
| paternity test | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| pendency | /xx | Noun | 
| blood feud | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| controversy | /xxx | Noun | 
| parenthood | /xx | Noun | 
| juvenile court | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| grudge match | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| county court | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| dueling | /x | Noun | 
| arguments | /xx | Noun | 
| probate court | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| foster parent | /x/x | Name, Name | 
| fighting | /x | Noun | 
| relationship | x/xx | Noun | 
| child abuse | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| abstention | x/x | Noun | 
| accreditation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| accused | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| advantages | x/xx | Noun | 
| antidumping | xx/x | Adjective | 
| antitrust | xx/ | Adjective | 
| appellate | x/x | Adjective | 
| appointment | x/x | Noun | 
| apprehending | xx/x | Noun | 
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun | 
| armageddon | xx/x | Name | 
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| assault | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| attachment | x/x | Noun | 
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| auxiliary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| babysitting | /xxx | Noun | 
| bailee | /x | Noun | 
| battlefield | /xx | Noun | 
| battleground | /xx | Noun | 
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| belligerent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| beware | x/ | Verb | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bodyguard | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| booking | /x | Noun | 
| bout | / | Noun, Verb | 
| breach | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| call | / | Verb, Noun | 
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| captivity | x/xx | Noun | 
| care | / | Noun, Verb | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| caregiving | /xx | Noun | 
| caution | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| charge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chase | / | Noun, Verb | 
| child | / | Noun, Verb | 
| childcare | /x | Noun | 
| clash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| class struggle | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| class warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| cognizance | /xx | Noun | 
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| combatant | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| command | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| competition | xx/x | Noun | 
| confederate | x/xx | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| confidentiality | xxxx/xx | Noun | 
| confinement | x/x | Noun | 
| consent | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conservation | xx/x | Noun | 
| constitutional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| contend | x/ | Verb | 
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun | 
| contravention | xx/x | Noun | 
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| convict | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| copyright | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| correctional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| counter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| cry | / | Noun, Verb | 
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| custodian | x/xx | Noun | 
| daycare | /x | Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| defiance | x/x | Noun | 
| delivered | x/x | Adjective | 
| deposit | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| depositary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| deposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| depository | x/xxx | Noun | 
| depot | /x | Noun | 
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun | 
| detain | x/ | Verb | 
| detainee | xx/ | Noun | 
| detention | x/x | Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| diligence | /xx | Noun | 
| disclaimer | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| discrimination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| divisional | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| dumping | /x | Noun | 
| duty | /x | Noun | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| employment | x/x | Noun | 
| enchanting | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| encounter | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| enemy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| engagement | x/x | Noun | 
| eradication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| escort | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| escrow | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| fiduciary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| field | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fighter | /x | Noun | 
| filing | /x | Noun | 
| firefight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| forehead | /x | Noun | 
| foster | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| fray | / | Noun, Verb | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| frightful | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gambit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gaol | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| garda | /x | Name | 
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| guard | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gun | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gunfight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hands | / | Noun | 
| harvest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| held | / | Verb | 
| hilt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun | 
| hunting | /x | Noun | 
| ilk | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun | 
| incarcerated | x/xxx | Noun | 
| incubation | xx/x | Noun | 
| incubator | /xxx | Noun | 
| inmate | /x | Noun | 
| insurrection | xx/x | Noun | 
| internment | x/x | Noun | 
| investment | x/x | Noun | 
| jail | / | Noun, Verb | 
| joust | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jurisdictional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| justiciable | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| keep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| keeper | /x | Noun | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun | 
| lawful | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
